Recognition memory for vibrotactile rhythms: an fMRI study in blind and sighted individuals |
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Authors: | Sinclair Robert J Dixit Sachin Burton Harold |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63130, USA. sinclair@biology2.wustl.edu |
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Abstract: | Calcarine sulcal cortex possibly contributes to semantic recognition memory in early blind (EB). We assessed a recognition memory role using vibrotactile rhythms and a retrieval success paradigm involving learned "old" and "new" rhythms in EB and sighted. EB showed no activation differences in occipital cortex indicating retrieval success but replicated findings of somatosensory processing. Both groups showed retrieval success in primary somatosensory, precuneus, and orbitofrontal cortex. The S1 activity might indicate generic sensory memory processes. |
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